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WEEE Forum aisbl

Acronym: WEEE Forum

General Information

Identification Code: 702397445-73
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Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 6/24/2008
Last Update: 2/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The WEEE Forum, set up in 2002, is a Brussels-based international for-impact, not-for-profit association speaking for fifty-two not-for-profit electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE) producer responsibility organisations that take back and manage WEEE, as defined by Directive 2012/19/EU, from households and businesses. The fifty-two PROs have operations in Europe, Oceania, Asia, the Americas and Africa: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Greece, France, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It is the biggest organisation of its kind in the world.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Institutional affairs
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • european
  • global
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE, policies related to collection and management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), Circular Economy Action Plan, European Green Deal, CRM Action Plan, CRM Regulation, European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, recycling and European environmental services.
Communication Activities: An international conference every two-four years, events throughout the year, typically 3-4 per year, project-related events/conferences and workshops. Communication and dissemination of findings of grant-funded projects, e.g. C-SERVEES, CEWASTE in 2022 and 2021, CIRCTHREAD, FUTURAM, GRINNER in 2022. To date, the WEEE Forum has been involved in a dozen or so EU grant-funded projects.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission expert group accompanying future substance reviews under Directive 2011/65/EU (Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment; Recast Directive = RoHS 2)#E03063#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3063 #MEMBER #C#Industry#SMEsHigh level steering group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials #E03391#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3391 #MEMBER #C#Industry#SMEsEIP Sherpa group #E03391/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100210 #MEMBER #C#Industry#SMEs
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Boulevard A. Reyerslaan, 80
Post Code: 1030
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Boulevard A. Reyerslaan, 80
Post Code: 1030
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The numbers for this year refer to the budget, not the accounts.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.25
Info Members: All eleven members of staff are involved in issues related to the WEEE legislative framework at EU and Member State level, yet primarily, almost exclusively, the Director General is directly involved in public relations and communication activities engaging with the EU institutions.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://weee-forum.org/members/
Organisation Members: EPR Club, a grouping of stakeholders that wish to take the discussion on extended producer responsibility (EPR) to the next level. CENELEC FAIB European Policy Centre StEP Initiative Circular Plastics Alliance